The Sensex rallied to a high of 19,425 - up 422 points from the previous close - before finishing with a smart gain of 360 points at 19,363.
The Nifty gained 128 points to close at 5,763.
The market breadth was fairly positive - out of 2,860 stocks traded, 1,747 advanced, 1,050 declined and 63 were unchanged today.
INDEX MOVERS
DLF zoomed 7% to Rs 944. Reliance Energy soared 4.5% to Rs 1,738.
TCS surged 3.8% to Rs 1,014. HDFC and Satyam rallied around 3.5% each to Rs 2,784 and Rs 440, respectively.
Tata Steel gained 3% at Rs 826. Bharti Airtel, Grasim and ONGC moved up 2.6% each to Rs 939, Rs 3,793 and Rs 1,171, respectively.
HDFC Bank and Hindalco advanced around 2.4% each to Rs 1,719 and Rs 185, respectively.
Maruti, Infosys, Wipro, Ranbaxy and NTPC were up over 2% each today.
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Major Gainers |
Major Losers | ||||
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Name |
Close |
% Chg |
Name |
Close |
% Chg |
|
Siel |
101.45 |
390.1 |
Jayant Agro |
11.00 |
18.5 |
|
Technocraft |
75.30 |
20.0 |
Everlon Syn |
8.73 |
12.3 |
|
Sel Manuf |
116.10 |
20.0 |
Punet Res |
5.30 |
9.9 |
|
Avantel Soft |
96.35 |
20.0 |
Integ Fin |
35.00 |
9.8 |
|
PBA Infra |
113.90 |
20.0 |
Deepaknit |
11.75 |
9.6 |
|
(Close = Stock pirce at the end of day in Rs) | |||||
VALUE & VOLUME TOPPERS
Reliance Petroleum topped the value chart with a turnover of Rs 567.70 crore followed by Essar Oil (Rs 491 crore), Reliance Natural Resources (Rs 459 crore), Mundra Port (Rs 283 crore) and Reliance Energy (Rs 218 crore).
Ispat Industries led the volume chart with trades of around 3.40 crore shares followed by Reliance Natural Resources (2.81 crore), Reliance Petroleum (2.59 crore), Essar Oil (2.09 crore) and IFCI (1.84 crore).
